Cockburn Sound Dredging Campaign is Underway
It is reported that In order to ensure safe shipping in Cockburn Sound, Fremantle Ports announced last week that it is about to begin a maintenance dredging campaign of the Success and Parmelia channels. According to the company, this campaign will remove approximately 80,000m3 of sediment from five areas within the channels.”One maintenance dredging load will […]
Dredging Works in Ettalong Channel are Underway
It is reported that the NSW Government has committed to substantial emergency dredging of the Ettalong Channel to ensure it is safe and accessible for all waterway users.
As it reported, this $660,000 project is anticipated to remove around 20,000 cubic meters of sand, which will clear the way for boats and ferry services.The method and equipment being used for this work will achieve the best results and should keep the Channel open for longer. This will provide the opportunity for the Department of Industry Lands and Water and Central Coast Council to work together in developing a long-term dredging strategy.
The Central Coast Council has submitted an application for ‘Rescuing our Waterways’ funding, which is currently being assessed.
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World’s biggest dredge plan is on the way
It is reported that the world’s largest trailing dredge will arrive at Lyttelton Port in three weeks to begin a deepening project that has troubled local iwi and surfing groups.
The 230 metre-long 30m wide Fairway will widen the navigation channel by 20m and deepen it for vessels with a 13.3m draft. The first stage will lengthen the channel by 2.5 kilometres and will take 11 weeks.Container vessels currently visiting Lyttelton commonly carry 4500-5000 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs), and that will increase to 5500-6500 TEUs with larger vessels. With further dredging, vessels carrying 8000-9000 TEUs will be able to call at Lyttelton in future.
It is significant to conduct this dredging project,and it will benefit environment and people who are related to this plan.
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Shore in Virginia gets federal funds for dredging projects
It is reported that two dredging projects on the Eastern Shore of Virginia are among Virginia projects receiving a total of nearly $56 million in new federal funding.
The Eastern Shore projects include $250,000 for maintenance dredging of the Chincoteague Inlet and $1.75 million for work on the Waterway on the Coast of Virginia, including maintenance dredging to provide boats a protected, 90-mile, north-south route connecting harbors on the Eastern Shore to each other and to the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.In recent instances of dredging projects on the seaside of Virginia’s Eastern Shore, Wachapreague Channel dredging in 2013 cost approximately $775,000 and Bradford’s Bay Channel dredging cost about $1,125,000 in 2014.
There is no doubt that the project will benefit many people who live nearby and local environment.It will bring local areas a bright future and more challenges.
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New dredging challenges for port and harbor
It is reported that a meeting was held by ICE Kolkata Local Association.Mr. Ron M J Gardner, MSc, CEng FICE, was recently invited by the ICE Kolkata Local Association (LA) members to deliver a technical talk on “Challenges of Dredging for Port & Harbor: Development in the UK and its relevance to Indian Conditions”, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) said in their latest release.
He had worked in the prestigious “Transmanche Link” between England and France and the “Oresund Crossing” connecting Denmark and Sweden. In retirement, he is a senior examiner for the ICE and a Panel Vice Chairman.
Mr. Gardner also demonstrated by pictures the extent and magnitude of development and modification project undertaken where he was involved. He explained the various technical issues related to assess and carry out dredging inside the existing port and further development works to enhance its ferry traffic and commercial cargo handling capacities.
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